Agenda Package - 01-22-08 (Finance)

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aspects of the State's 911 system, and describes the allowable uses of revenue in the 911 Fund. 911 system. - An emergency telephone system that does all of the following: a. Enables the user of a voice communications service connection to reach a PSAP by dialin the digits 911 b. Provides enhanced 911 service. Call taking. - The act of processing a call for emergency assistance u to the point that the call is ready for dispatch including the use of equipment, call classification location of a caller, and determination of the appropriate response level for emergency responders. Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS). - Defined in 47 C F R § 20.3. CMRS connection. - Each mobile handset telephone number assigned to a CMRS subscriber with a place of primary use in North Carolina CMRS provider. - An entity, whether facilities-based or nonfacilities-based, that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to provide CMRS or that resells CMRS within North Carolina. (9) Enhanced 911 service - Directing a 911 call to an appropriate PSAP by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated and providing information defining the approximate geographic location and the telephone number of a 911 caller, in accordance with the FCC Order. (10) Exchange access facility. - The access from a subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a service supplier. The term includes service supplier provided access lines private branch exchange trunks and centrex network access registers as defined by applicable tariffs approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission The term does not include service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station lines, Wide Area Telecommunications Service (WATS) Foreign Exchange (FX), or incomin only lines. 11 FCC Order. - The Order of the Federal Communications Commission FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted on December 1 1997, and any consent decrees, riles and regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the Order. 12 GIS mapping - Computerized geographical information that can be used to assist in locating a person who calls emergency assistance including street centerlines ortho photography, and oblique imaging. 13 Interconnected VoIP service. - Defined in 47 C P R § 9.3. 14 Local exchange carrier. - An entity that is authorized to provide telephone exchange service or exchange access in North Carolina 15 Prepaid wireless telephone service. - A right that meets all of the following requirements Page 2 Session Law 2007-383 House Bill 1755